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Asia
Pronounced /ˈeɪ.ʒə/
Rank in 2024
#1,700
Born in 2024
120
Peak year
1997 · #195
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 120 girls were named Asia, about 1 in every 13,443.
- It peaked in 1997 with 1,532 babies, ranked #195.
- It first shows up in the records in 1945.
- 32,404 girls have been named Asia since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Asia per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.4Millennials1981–96
- 0.6Gen Z1997–12
- 0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 6 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 40 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,063 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Millennials: 11,731 babies, 0.42 per 1,000. Gen Z: 17,021 babies, 0.59 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,543 babies, 0.13 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Middle English Asia, Asie, from Old French Asie and Latin Asia, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ (Ăsĭ́ā), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊 (a-si-wi-ja /aswijaː/), in turn probably from Hittite 𒀸𒋗𒉿 (aš-šu-wa /Aššuwa/, “northwest Anatolia”) of uncertain origin. Potentially from an Aegean language family substrate or Akkadian. Possibly a doublet of Assuwa.
- A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈeɪ.ʒə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Asia, CC BY-SA 4.0.